Letters To Cleo Reunite In LA
Letters to Cleo reunited in concert on stage at The Roxy here in LA last night and I was very fortunate to be able to be there to bear witness. Kay Hanley, lead singer of LTC, and I have been sorta-cyber pals over the past few months (exchanging emails, txts and Tweets) and last night was our first chance to spend quality time together. We previous got to meet in person at the Veruca Salt show at the Viper Room back in August but tonight was it. I met up with Kay before the show and joined her and her friends and family members for a quick bite to eat at the Rainbow Room. I got to meet her sister-in-law Justine and her brother-in-law Gary and we all hit it off. We didn’t want to miss The Oohlas, who were opening up for LTC last night, so we got over to the venue in time to catch their amazing performance … here are a few pics of The Oohlas rockin’ out last night:
Ollie and the boys were in fine shape. They sounded amazing and their new songs really rocked out. I’m so anxious to hear more. Greg announced from the stage that an EP of new stuff is on the way. Woot!
Then it was time for Letters to Cleo to take the stage … here are a few of the pics that I took last night:
I kid you not, LTC sounded just as awesome as they ever have … they rocked out as if no time had passed since the break-up. Kay sounded divine, USA Mike was jumpin’ around like a madman and Stacey … well … he was just a flurry of drumsticks and flying hair. It was a raucous and extremely fun night all around. I took a TON of photos and some of them are pretty amazing. Click HERE to check them all out. Awake is prolly my fave LTC song and I was too bizzy jumping around while they performed it to video it … but I did manage to vid their performance of Here and Now. After the jump, check out that video …
The sound was so loud, I’m bummed that video doesn’t sound better … but you get the gist, Letters to Cleo are back to their rockin’ best. Folks in Boston and NYC are in for a treat when the band takes their mini-reunion tour there in December :)
I had a really great time and I got to meet a few Pink readers like Angie, Austin and Jenny (who was workin’ at The Roxy last night) … I also got to take a pic with Christina:
It was a pleasure meeting you all :) The night just kept goin’ after the show as over … I was invited to join the LTC crew at Red Rock for some aftershow drinks and convo. Justine, Gary and I found out that we’re neighbors and I learned that she runs the very cool blog The Unbride. As the night came to an end at around 2AM, a group of Prop 8 protesters converged on Sunset Blvd. after they had been protesting on the streets of LA all night long. It was a great way to end the night.
Tonight I’m meeting up with Mike for some dinner and then I have a million things to start taking care of for the bizzy week ahead. OY!
Tags: Letters To Cleo, The Oohlas, The Roxy
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November 9th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Ahh thank you for blogging about this!!! I can’t wait to see them in Boston Dec 8. I don’t think the video works anymore but I’m sure it’s AMAZING!
November 9th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Just what the world needs….when they broke up…8th grade girls everywhere were in shock…but now her sing-songy voice and edgy tattoos simply make her suck worse than she did when she was on the soundtrack of that crappy TV Show.
November 9th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
As always I love the commentary you give about the shows you go to. It was so great meeting you last night, and I am beyond ecstatic that our picture got the pink stars on it now!
November 9th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
i love kay hanley :)
November 9th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
*jealous* :) :)
November 10th, 2008 at 8:28 am
AHHH can’t wait for Dec 8th!!!
November 10th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Seriously guys, the band sounds amazing! I’m jealous I can’t be in Boston … they are going to tear it up :)
November 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Great meeting you! That show/night was incredible.
Here is a little Letters To Cleo blog I wrote about why the band is so important to me.
http://www.garykordan.com/?p=114
See you in the hood…
Gary (greg)
November 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
GARY! omg … I was thinking of Greg from The Oohlas and then accidentally called you Greg too! Ugh, I fixed it and will self-flagellate later on today ;)
November 10th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
i love the oohlas.
November 11th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Wow! I read both your and Justine’s blogs regularly. It’s so exciting that these 2 worlds came together. Glad to hear that you had such an amazing time. I’m jealous that I wasn’t there!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:58 am
great to meet you on saturday! (i’m sure you met a ton of people – kay introduced us at the rainbow before the show when i came over to show her baby pics. :) )
thanks so much for posting your pics and videos. they are awesome!
-erica